JEDDAH, 11 September 2004 — The countdown has started for general census which is to be launched on Wednesday. Training courses for nearly 40,000 census officials at 500 centers nationwide will be completed tomorrow.
The officials will receive questionnaires required for the census on Monday, Al-Watan Arabic daily reported yesterday.
The census will cover Saudis and expatriate workers as well as foreign visitors and Saudis living abroad. Saudi missions in different countries will conduct the census on diplomats and students living abroad. The Ministry of Economy and Planning has already sent census papers to the embassies through the Foreign Ministry.
The ministry also plans to distribute some 10 million brochures to enhance public awareness on the census within two days. Authorities have appointed a supervisor for each team of five census officials to conduct the work in an effective and orderly manner.
The questionnaire for the census contains 62 questions related to family.
